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BM 082793 (P559756)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 082793

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 21, 1265

[Zadok2009Nisaba21] Zadok, Ran. 2009. Catalogue of Documents from Borsippa or Related to Borsippa in the British Museum. Nisaba 21.
citation: JCS 38 (pp. 172-244), T.17.27

[Kennedy1986JCS38] Kennedy, Douglas A. 1986. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: Part II: A Survey of Babylonian Texts, 626-605 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 38 (2): 172–244. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359799.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 082793
Accession No.: 1894-07-17, 0110

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabopolassar.17.05.21
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-18 at 15:03:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-10-11 at 16:49:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-10-10 at 15:39:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-24 at 18:57:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 082793 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559756.

BM 082793 artifact entry (No. P559756). (2025, October 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559756 (Original work published 2025)

BM 082793 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559756 (Accessed: January 3, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559756},
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 082793 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559756.

BM 082793 artifact entry (No. P559756). (2025, October 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559756 (Original work published 2025)

BM 082793 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559756 (Accessed: January 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 18},
	title = {BM 082793 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559756},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559756},
}

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TI  - BM 082793 artifact entry
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